While the majority of pregnancies occur in hospital settings, it is becoming increasingly popular for families to request home births.
With certified nurse-midwives attending more than 306,000 births in 2005, the most recent data available, the American College of Nurse-Midwives strongly supports home births as an alternative for low risk pregnancies.
As the college says, “Every family has a right to experience childbirth within a context that respects cultural variation, human dignity, and self-determination.”
